Geograpghy

• Site - A settlements location and situation
• Situation - The surroundings of a site
• Relief - the difference in height between the highest and lowest points on a landscape.
• Locations - Where something is, either absolute or Relative, ask where and why
• Place - Characteristics either human or Physical/natural
• Region - Area defined by certain characteristic
• Choropleth Map - Uses shades to convey intensity
• Thematic map - Map with a theme
• Enclave population - Group of people that gathers in another country(Little italy)
• Ecumene - The inhabited land, continuous or discontinuous
• Intervening obstacle - A barrier that prevents you to move, human or natural
• Canadas continuous ecumene is along the south
• Europeans moved to canada in 1900s to farm!
• Dependency load - Population not working
• mixed use development - land having multiple purposes
• Maps - General Purpose, Choropleth, topographic, thematic